Weather-strip.



S. FRIGONE.

WEATHER STRIP. APPLICATION FILED APR.18,1908.

902,143. Patented 001;. 27, 1908.

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SIMON FRIGONE, OF OHIGAGO LAWN, ILLINOIS.

WE ATHER-STRIP.

\ cutting off the draft and preventing rain from blowing under the door.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel con'ibination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out inthe claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within thescope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention;

In the drawing :-F igure 1 is a-perspective view of a weather strip,constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to adoor, the latter being open. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thesame, the door being closed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of'the weatherstrip, illustrating the arrangement of the inner elastic strip and theouter hinged strip when the door is partly open. Fig. 4 is a detail viewof a portion of the outer strip.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

The weather strip is equipped with an inner elastic strip 1, and anouter hinged strip 2, secured to a door 3 by an attaching strip 4:,which is preferably in the form of a piece of molding. The elastic strip1, which is fitted against the outer face of the door, has its upperedge 5 secured to the attaching strip and arranged between the same andthe door. The attaching strip is provided in the lower portion of itsinner face with a recess 6 to receive the upper edge of the elasticstrip, and the end 1 of the elastic strip adjacent to the hinged edge ofthe door is preferably tacked, or otherwise secured to the same, asclearly shown Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Serial No. 427,853.

in Fig. 1. The lower edge of the elastic strip fits against thethreshold or carpet strip 7 of the door sill and cuts off the draft andeifectually excludes the weather. The attaching strip has a lowerprojecting portion 8, over-hanging the upper portion of the hinged strip2, which preferably consists of a strip of wood having a metalliccovering 9. The upper edge of the hinged strip is equipped with eyes 10,which are linked into eyes 11, depending from the over-hang- 7 ingportion of the attaching strip.

The hinged strip protects the elastic strip from the weather andprevents the same from becoming wet and freezing against the carpet orthreshold strip, and it also bears against the elastic strip ata pointbelow the upper attaching edge of the same, when the door is closed, asillustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and tends to hold the elasticstrip against the door and the sill. The metallic covering not onlystrengthens the hinged strip, but increases the weight of the same so asto enable it to hold the elastic strip in position for cutting off thedraft.

When the door is opened, both the inner elastic strip and the outerhinged strip are supported in an elevated position above the floor bymeans of a curved bar 12, presenting a smooth flat upper face and havingits outer end 13 secured to the sill and seated in the recess thereof.The inner end 1 of the curved supportingbar is angularly bent to providea foot, which is secured to the floor. The door is easily opened andclosed, and the weather strip effectually excludes the weather.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A weather strip including an inner flexible elastic strip arranged tofit against a door and a door sill, and an outer hinged strip arrangedto bear against the elastic strip to hold the same against the door whenthe latter is closed.

2. A weather strip including an attaching strip, an elastic stripconnected at its upper edge with the attaching strip and adapted to fitagainst the outer face of the door and the door sill, and an outerhinged strip supported by the attaching strip and arranged to bearagainst the inner elastic strip when the door is closed.

3. In a weather strip, the combination of an attaching strip providedwith depending face of the door, an elastic strip having its vatedposition When the door is opened.

upper edge secured between theattaching In testimony, that I claim theforegoing as strip and the door and arranged to fit my own, I havehereto afiixed my signature 5 against the latter and the sill thereof, ain the presence of tWo Witnesses.

hinged strip provlded W1th eyes linked into SIMON -FRIGONE eyes anddesigned to be secured to the outer support the inner and outer stripsin an elethe eyes of the attaching strip and arranged i to bear againstthe elastic strip when the Vitnesses: door is closed, and a curvedsupporting bar EDWIN REEVES, 10 arranged to extend lnwardly from thes1ll to \VILLIS J. ROBERTS.

